Sleeve construction for coats



May 27, 1930.

E. M. ORLOW SLEEVE CONSTRUCTION FOR COATS Filed' June 27. 1927 PatentedMay 27, 1930 UNITED STATES ERNEST M. ORLOW, OF WAUWATOSA, WISCONSINSLEEVE CONSTRUCTION FOR COATS Application led June 27,

This invention relates to sleeve constructions for coats.

The sleeve head of a coat is required to be puied to get the roundedshape and necessarily requires a` padding of `some sort or some meansfor retaining this shape. The usual practice is to provide a thickpadding roughly of crescent shape and secured within the head of thesleeve and lashed to the shoulder lining of the garment.

It has been found that this padding soon gets out of place, wrinkles orcollapses, or otherwise loses its resiliency and effectiveness and thecoat sleeve consequently presents an unsightly appearance. Y

This invention is designed to overcome the defects noted above andobjects of such invention are to provide a novel form of sleeveconstruction for coats which prevents the head of the sleeve fromgetting out of shape and maintains its puifed or rounded formation,irrespective of the length of service.

Further objects are to provide a sleeve construction which may be mosteasily secured to the sleeve while the sleeve is in the process offormation and prior to its insertion in the arm hole of the coat, and toso form the sleeve that it will retain its shape throughout the life ofthe garment.

Further objects are to provide a novel form of sleeve construction whichlends itself admirably to commercial or quantity production, which isvery cheap, and which may be quickly produced. p

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings inwhich:

Figure l is a fragmentary view of the `upper end of a sleeve;

Figure 2 is asectional view on the line Qf-Z of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the sleeve comprises abody portion 1 and a rounded upper portion 2. It is provided with amarginal part 3 adapted for attachment to the arm hole of the body ofthe coat.

In order to retain the sleeve against loss of shape at the rounded head2 a jute, hair cloth, or similar stiifener 4, of resilient fabric isemployed and is shaped to the rounded 1927. Serial No. 201,628.

contour of the sleeve and positioned on the inner side, as shown in bothfigures of the drawing. This stiffener 4: is secured in place by aplurality of curved lines of stitching 5. The stitching is, however,blind stitching and does not show on the outer side of the sleeve. Inaddition to this, a non-resilient tape 6 is stitched around the marginalportion 3 of the sleeve just inside of its edge. This tape preventselongation of the periphery of the opening in the sleeve and enhancesthe action of the stiffener.

It is preferable to place the stiifener with the weave diagonal, asshown in the drawingls, althou h this is not absolutely essentia curvedcontour and when sewed by the blind stitching securely in place to theinner side of the sleeve, it has been found that it will retain theshape of the upper o'r head of the sleeve throughout the life of thegarment.

It is to be noted also that the construction is very simple and readilylends itself to quantity production. It is an easy matter to insert andsecure the stiffener within the sleeve prior to the attaching of thesleeve to the body of the coat. This operation is very much simpler thanthe usual padding operation heretofore employed. In addition to this,the stiii'ener prevents creasing, brealr- I ing, or loss of shape of thesleeve and preserves the curved contour indefinitely.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, suchdescription is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as theinvention may be variously embodied and as the scope of such inventionisV to be determined as claimed.

I claim:

A. sleeve construction for coats comprising a body portion provided withan arm hole and having a curved bulged head adjacent the arm hole andmerging into the body portion of the sleeve, a stiifener formed ofresilient fabric, shaped to the curved head of the sleeve and confinedentirely within said sleeve, said fabric having its weave arranged Thestlener is readily shaped to the i diagonally to the aXis of the sleeveand a Y plurality of distinct and separate rows of blind stitchingsecuring the stifener to the fabric of the sleeve throughout the majorportion of the stiener, said rows of stitching being curved andconverging at the front and rear of the sleeve.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto ys et my vhandat lMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

ERNEST M. ORLOW.

